Roadmap slipping. Team underwater. You need senior engineers now.

Access elite software engineers, solution architects, and technical specialists who ship production code and accelerate delivery — at $150-300/hr, without the 4-month hiring cycle or $200K+ salary commitments.

Hire Fractional Engineering Specialists

Hire Fractional Engineering Specialists

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Why hire fractional software engineers & architects?

Why hire fractional software engineers & architects?

Stop losing to companies that ship faster.

Stop losing to companies that ship faster.

Get senior engineers in days — not months

That critical hire you've been trying to close for 12 weeks? We'll match you with a better engineer in 3 days. They'll commit code by Friday — not 'consider your offer' for another month while interviewing at five other companies.

Get senior engineers in days — not months

That critical hire you've been trying to close for 12 weeks? We'll match you with a better engineer in 3 days. They'll commit code by Friday — not 'consider your offer' for another month while interviewing at five other companies.

Get senior engineers in days — not months

That critical hire you've been trying to close for 12 weeks? We'll match you with a better engineer in 3 days. They'll commit code by Friday — not 'consider your offer' for another month while interviewing at five other companies.

Engineers who build — not 'advisors' who talk

No architects who just draw diagrams and disappear. Every specialist writes production code, debugs real systems, and ships features your customers will actually use. They're in your repos, your standups, and your Slack channels.

Engineers who build — not 'advisors' who talk

No architects who just draw diagrams and disappear. Every specialist writes production code, debugs real systems, and ships features your customers will actually use. They're in your repos, your standups, and your Slack channels.

Engineers who build — not 'advisors' who talk

No architects who just draw diagrams and disappear. Every specialist writes production code, debugs real systems, and ships features your customers will actually use. They're in your repos, your standups, and your Slack channels.

Scale your team without the $200K+ commitment

Need 2 engineers for 3 months, then 1 for ongoing maintenance? Pay $150-300/hr for exactly what you need, when you need it. No salaries, equity negotiations, benefits overhead, or severance risk.

Scale your team without the $200K+ commitment

Need 2 engineers for 3 months, then 1 for ongoing maintenance? Pay $150-300/hr for exactly what you need, when you need it. No salaries, equity negotiations, benefits overhead, or severance risk.

Scale your team without the $200K+ commitment

Need 2 engineers for 3 months, then 1 for ongoing maintenance? Pay $150-300/hr for exactly what you need, when you need it. No salaries, equity negotiations, benefits overhead, or severance risk.

Avoid catastrophic technical debt

Junior developers are cheap until they're expensive. Senior fractional engineers build it right the first time — saving you the costly 18-month rewrite when you realize the foundation is broken.

Avoid catastrophic technical debt

Junior developers are cheap until they're expensive. Senior fractional engineers build it right the first time — saving you the costly 18-month rewrite when you realize the foundation is broken.

Avoid catastrophic technical debt

Junior developers are cheap until they're expensive. Senior fractional engineers build it right the first time — saving you the costly 18-month rewrite when you realize the foundation is broken.

Avoid catastrophic technical debt

When your lead engineer quits or goes on parental leave, fractional specialists maintain velocity and keep your roadmap on track while you search for the right permanent hire — without panic hiring.

Avoid catastrophic technical debt

When your lead engineer quits or goes on parental leave, fractional specialists maintain velocity and keep your roadmap on track while you search for the right permanent hire — without panic hiring.

Avoid catastrophic technical debt

When your lead engineer quits or goes on parental leave, fractional specialists maintain velocity and keep your roadmap on track while you search for the right permanent hire — without panic hiring.

Find out why fractional is actionable

Reach out to our team. We’ll walk you through how fractional hiring works and what you can expect.

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Find out why fractional is actionable

Reach out to our team. We’ll walk you through how fractional hiring works and what you can expect.

Schedule a Call

Fractional software engineers & architects at TalentLoft

Top Fractional Software Engineers & Architects specialists ready to go

Fractional software engineers & architects at TalentLoft

Browse 100+ vetted engineers. See their rates, GitHub, and tech stacks. Start this week.

Browse 100+ vetted engineers. See their rates, GitHub, and tech stacks. Start this week.

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Dave G.

Sr. Data Analyst

Verified Data Analyst

Matson, Horizon Lines, American Management Systems

Central Time (CT)

Dallas, TX

Member since 2026

With over 25 years of experience in IT, Dave specializes in hands-on SQL development and creating impactful Power BI dashboards used by hundreds of business stakeholders. His extensive background includes managing teams and budgets, implementing system and process changes in large corporate environments, and ensuring projects align with business goals. He builds cultures where teams deliver maximum business value and has earned trust by consistently delivering on promises.

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Dave G.

Sr. Data Analyst

Verified Data Analyst

Matson, Horizon Lines, American Management Systems

Central Time (CT)

Dallas, TX

Member since 2026

With over 25 years of experience in IT, Dave specializes in hands-on SQL development and creating impactful Power BI dashboards used by hundreds of business stakeholders. His extensive background includes managing teams and budgets, implementing system and process changes in large corporate environments, and ensuring projects align with business goals. He builds cultures where teams deliver maximum business value and has earned trust by consistently delivering on promises.

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Katie T.

Frontend Engineer

Verified Frontend Engineer

National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), Maxar Technologies, Charter Technical Engineering Center

Mountain Time (MT)

Denver, CO

Member since 2026

Katie is an accomplished Frontend Engineer known for transforming complex problem statements into intuitive, shipped interfaces. With a strong background in architecting scalable mapping systems, she leverages Mapbox and Turf.js to power AI-driven geospatial discovery platforms, delivering high-performance visualizations.

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Katie T.

Frontend Engineer

Verified Frontend Engineer

National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), Maxar Technologies, Charter Technical Engineering Center

Mountain Time (MT)

Denver, CO

Member since 2026

Katie is an accomplished Frontend Engineer known for transforming complex problem statements into intuitive, shipped interfaces. With a strong background in architecting scalable mapping systems, she leverages Mapbox and Turf.js to power AI-driven geospatial discovery platforms, delivering high-performance visualizations.

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Mitch M.

AI-Accelerated Architect

Verified AI/ML Engineering

Toyota, New York Life, Coca-Cola

Eastern Time (ET)

Tampa, FL

Member since 2026

Mitch is an AI-Accelerated Architect—a veteran front-end engineer and creative technologist designing at the edge of intelligence. With over two decades in UX, automation, and intelligent system design, he fuses art and engineering to craft products that learn, adapt, and evolve.

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Mitch M.

AI-Accelerated Architect

Verified AI/ML Engineering

Toyota, New York Life, Coca-Cola

Eastern Time (ET)

Tampa, FL

Member since 2026

Mitch is an AI-Accelerated Architect—a veteran front-end engineer and creative technologist designing at the edge of intelligence. With over two decades in UX, automation, and intelligent system design, he fuses art and engineering to craft products that learn, adapt, and evolve.

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Who are fractional software engineers & architects for?

Who are fractional software engineers & architects for?

If any of these engineering challenges sound familiar, fractional engineers solve them fast.

If any of these engineering challenges sound familiar, fractional engineers solve them fast.

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Your product launch is at risk

Deadlines are slipping every sprint. Your team is maxed out and burning out. You need senior engineers who can jump in, understand your stack, and deliver — starting this week, not after a 3-month recruiting process.

Your product launch is at risk

Deadlines are slipping every sprint. Your team is maxed out and burning out. You need senior engineers who can jump in, understand your stack, and deliver — starting this week, not after a 3-month recruiting process.

Your product launch is at risk

Deadlines are slipping every sprint. Your team is maxed out and burning out. You need senior engineers who can jump in, understand your stack, and deliver — starting this week, not after a 3-month recruiting process.

Your legacy system is holding you back

That monolith from 2015? It's costing you customers, killing team morale, and making every feature take 3x longer than it should. Fractional architects modernize your infrastructure without a 2-year ground-up rewrite.

Your legacy system is holding you back

That monolith from 2015? It's costing you customers, killing team morale, and making every feature take 3x longer than it should. Fractional architects modernize your infrastructure without a 2-year ground-up rewrite.

Your legacy system is holding you back

That monolith from 2015? It's costing you customers, killing team morale, and making every feature take 3x longer than it should. Fractional architects modernize your infrastructure without a 2-year ground-up rewrite.

You can't compete for full-time senior talent

The $200K engineer you need is getting $250K offers from Google and startups with better equity. Fractional specialists give you the same caliber talent at 70% less total cost — and they start this week.

You can't compete for full-time senior talent

The $200K engineer you need is getting $250K offers from Google and startups with better equity. Fractional specialists give you the same caliber talent at 70% less total cost — and they start this week.

You can't compete for full-time senior talent

The $200K engineer you need is getting $250K offers from Google and startups with better equity. Fractional specialists give you the same caliber talent at 70% less total cost — and they start this week.

Your MVP needs to be production-ready

You built a prototype that works — barely. Now you need senior engineers to make it scalable, secure, and ready for real customers who'll actually pay you. Not another duct-tape fix.

Your MVP needs to be production-ready

You built a prototype that works — barely. Now you need senior engineers to make it scalable, secure, and ready for real customers who'll actually pay you. Not another duct-tape fix.

Your MVP needs to be production-ready

You built a prototype that works — barely. Now you need senior engineers to make it scalable, secure, and ready for real customers who'll actually pay you. Not another duct-tape fix.

You're integrating AI but lack ML engineering expertise

Your team knows how to build software, not train models or manage ML pipelines. Fractional ML engineers embed intelligence into your product without rebuilding your entire team or hiring a $300K specialist.

You're integrating AI but lack ML engineering expertise

Your team knows how to build software, not train models or manage ML pipelines. Fractional ML engineers embed intelligence into your product without rebuilding your entire team or hiring a $300K specialist.

You're integrating AI but lack ML engineering expertise

Your team knows how to build software, not train models or manage ML pipelines. Fractional ML engineers embed intelligence into your product without rebuilding your entire team or hiring a $300K specialist.

Your technical debt is compounding

Every sprint, your team spends more time fighting the codebase and less time shipping features. Fractional engineers refactor critical systems while maintaining velocity — not grinding development to a halt.

Your technical debt is compounding

Every sprint, your team spends more time fighting the codebase and less time shipping features. Fractional engineers refactor critical systems while maintaining velocity — not grinding development to a halt.

Your technical debt is compounding

Every sprint, your team spends more time fighting the codebase and less time shipping features. Fractional engineers refactor critical systems while maintaining velocity — not grinding development to a halt.

How It Works

How It Works

See the price. Meet the engineer. Start this week.

See the price. Meet the engineer. Start this week.

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Share your technical challenge

Tell us what you're building, what's blocking you, and what tech stack you're using. No sales pitch about 'digital transformation' — just straight answers about how we can help you ship.

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Get matched with engineers who know your stack

Within 3 days, meet vetted engineers with proven experience in your technologies. See their rates upfront ($150-300/hr). Check their GitHub, past projects, and code samples. No surprises.

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Start shipping with clear milestones

Onboard in days with defined deliverables, transparent pricing, and regular code reviews. Scale up when it works, adjust priorities when they shift. No long-term contracts or commitments.

What our customers say

What our customers say

Companies tired of losing months to recruiting while competitors ship features and steal customers.

Companies tired of losing months to recruiting while competitors ship features and steal customers.

“Having access to fractional engineers let us accelerate development without compromising quality or security.”

CTO

CTO

Fintech

“Having access to fractional engineers let us accelerate development without compromising quality or security.”

CTO

CTO

Fintech

“Having access to fractional engineers let us accelerate development without compromising quality or security.”

CTO

CTO

Fintech

“TalentLoft gave us the leadership and execution power we needed to scale—perfectly aligned to our business goals.”

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CEO & Co-Founder

HRIS

“TalentLoft gave us the leadership and execution power we needed to scale—perfectly aligned to our business goals.”

Profile Picture CEO and Co-Founder

CEO & Co-Founder

HRIS

“TalentLoft gave us the leadership and execution power we needed to scale—perfectly aligned to our business goals.”

Profile Picture CEO and Co-Founder

CEO & Co-Founder

HRIS

“Partnering with a fractional CPO and UX specialist helped us launch a market-ready MVP in record time without adding permanent headcount."

Head of Product

Logistics & Supply Chain

“Partnering with a fractional CPO and UX specialist helped us launch a market-ready MVP in record time without adding permanent headcount."

Head of Product

Logistics & Supply Chain

“Partnering with a fractional CPO and UX specialist helped us launch a market-ready MVP in record time without adding permanent headcount."

Head of Product

Logistics & Supply Chain

Frequently asked questions

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Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

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Frequently asked questions